Big thanks to the Student Global AIDS Campaign for inviting me and Gwenn to speak at the University of Wisconsin Madison this week. We spoke in the Memorial Union, in the middle of a bar... was the first time a contact said, "If you want to grab a beer before the talk...
HIV/AIDS
About Last Week (Chapel Hill, NC and Springfield, MA)
Last week was a busy one- Gwenn and I spoke at UNC Chapel Hill and also at an HIV/AIDS conference in Springfield, MA. It's always an honor to be invited to speak, but what made the Chapel Hill visit unique from any other college talks is how it happened. The person...
TODAY: National Call-In Day to Fund Domestic HIV Programs
Today is the day- make a quick call to your representatives to urge them to continue funding HIV/AIDS programs in the United States. Whether you are a democrat or a republican, these programs are necessary to insure the safety of our fellow Americans who are living...
Stephen Colbert Talks AIDS
Poz blogger Oriol has some great insights on this week's discussion about AIDS on the Colbert Report, when Anthony Fauci appeared as a guest. I love Colbert, and think he did a great job of conveying the mass misunderstanding of HIV through his on-air character....
Elizabeth Taylor: A Moving Star to the AIDS Community
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend for a far more important reason than pretending to be someone else while being filmed. In the 1980's, when this country and her own inner-circle of friends were beginning to see the harsh realities of AIDS and it's unbearable stigma, she...
Back From Vacation
I'd mentioned a few blog posts ago that I was feeling under the weather. So what do you do when you are feeling under the weather? You leave the weather for a better climate. And that's just what I did when I ditched the blah weather of Charlottesville, Virginia for...
Last Positoid Standing: RIP Mike DeStefano
Former Poz columnist, comedian and HIV educator Mike DeStefano passed to spirit suddenly on Sunday due to a heart attack. A lot of folks got to know his humor via his Top 5 finish on last year's season of Last Comic Standing. I had the privilege of meeting "Mikey D"...
I Am Uninsured
Yup. I have joined the over 50 million Americans who do not have health insurance. My private health insurance dropped the dead weight- me- at the end of last year. Here's how it all went down... Let's start at the beginning. I was covered under my father's health...
March Issue of Poz… and April is STD Awareness Month
The new issue of Poz Magazine is out and the new Speaker of the House, John Boehner, is the cover boy. Click on his face to read about why Ohio is important in the fight for the continued funding of ADAP, and why it's so worrisome that a man who is quick to cry is...
Tommy Morrison: Not a Valentine’s Tale
Came across an article thanks to a posting by Mark S. King on Facebook. It's about Tommy Morrison, the boxer who rose to prominence in the early-to-mid 1990's, starring in Rocky V before an HIV diagnosis ended his career prematurely. A moment I'll never forget is when...